Look.. We've seen this all year. KP standing there open or pinning a guy, and Luka goes one on one and gets a bad shot...we've also seen him get bad shots and make them...we've also seen him get good shots. He can ALWAYS get a shot off.
In the fourth, Luka was 4-5 in the paint, 0-3 from 3 (two of those in the paint shots were when the game was over, btw). KP in the 3rd (because he only got two passes in the 4th, one shovel fired at his ankles by DFS when the game was over and one where he was stripped) was 3-6 from 2 and 1-1 from three. His last shot came with 3 minutes left in the 3rd. That's UNacceptable and if you want to be a great PG who plays on winning teams, you have to realize when a teammate has it going and get him the ball in the best spot to take advantage of that. That goes for role players, but it goes DOUBLE for your "Robin".
Look, Batman was the man, but when he needed someone he didn't tell Robin to hang out in the squad room while he and one of Gordon's detectives took on the Joker and Clayface...he ALWAYS took Robin.
Luka hasn't figured that out. He regularly treats KP like KP is one of his tools on his utility belt and not his sidekick that he will have to trust and win or lose with at times. Maybe its because he doesn't like KP or maybe KP calls Luka out too much for jacking bad shots. Maybe KP is just a jerk...for whatever reason, he's Robin and Luka and KP need to work out the personal stuff. Luka once said "There are no friends on the court." - so he should figure that out and work it out.
There is NO conceivable good reason for Luka not to run a set to get KP the ball in the fourth rather than take contested 3s, other than he blew it.
The only fault that I put on KP about last night is if his frustration was about his shot or losing a very winnable game.
In the fourth, Luka was 4-5 in the paint, 0-3 from 3 (two of those in the paint shots were when the game was over, btw). KP in the 3rd (because he only got two passes in the 4th, one shovel fired at his ankles by DFS when the game was over and one where he was stripped) was 3-6 from 2 and 1-1 from three. His last shot came with 3 minutes left in the 3rd. That's UNacceptable and if you want to be a great PG who plays on winning teams, you have to realize when a teammate has it going and get him the ball in the best spot to take advantage of that. That goes for role players, but it goes DOUBLE for your "Robin".
Look, Batman was the man, but when he needed someone he didn't tell Robin to hang out in the squad room while he and one of Gordon's detectives took on the Joker and Clayface...he ALWAYS took Robin.
Luka hasn't figured that out. He regularly treats KP like KP is one of his tools on his utility belt and not his sidekick that he will have to trust and win or lose with at times. Maybe its because he doesn't like KP or maybe KP calls Luka out too much for jacking bad shots. Maybe KP is just a jerk...for whatever reason, he's Robin and Luka and KP need to work out the personal stuff. Luka once said "There are no friends on the court." - so he should figure that out and work it out.
There is NO conceivable good reason for Luka not to run a set to get KP the ball in the fourth rather than take contested 3s, other than he blew it.
The only fault that I put on KP about last night is if his frustration was about his shot or losing a very winnable game.
"There are no friends on the court." - Luka Doncic